Finzi - Prelude for string orchestra, Op. 25
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Orchestral » String Orchestras
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Finzi: A Severn Rhapsody, Eclogue & other works
Rodney Friend (solo violin), Peter Katin (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Vernon Handley
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As so often, Finzi's word-setting is wonderful - a gift to any singer with a feeling for words as well as notes. James Gilchrist plainly enjoys both aspects of this work. His phrasing is typically... —
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Building a Library, June 2018, Recommended Recording
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Finzi: Violin Concerto, etc.
RecommendedTasmin Little (violin), John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
Finzi began work on his Concerto for small orchestra and solo violin in 1925, dedicating it to Sybil Eaton, a talented young violinist and the object of the 24-year-old composer's unrequited... —
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Building a Library, December 2006, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2001, Editor's Choice
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Finzi: Violin & Cello Concertos
Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Tasmin Little (violin)
City of London Sinfonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Vernon Handley
Keenly felt, emotional reading…performance is passionate… —
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Finzi: Clarinet Concerto, Dies Natalis, Prelude
Susanna Rigacci (performer), Roberta Gottardi (performer), Benedetto Marcello Chamber Orchestra, Flavio Emilio Scogna
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Several other Finzi issues available include the Clarinet Concerto. Alan Hacker, however, encompasses all his colleagues' virtues, providing special insights and revelling in the brilliant writing.... —
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Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi
Amy Dickson (saxophones), Thomas Gould (violin), Tom Poster (piano) & Nicolas Fleury (French horn).
Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
There are lissom performances of Finzi’s pastoral miniatures Prelude, Romance and A Severn Rhapsody, and conductor Nicholas Collon shapes the Three Soliloquies from Love’s Labour’s Lost with... —
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By Footpath and Stile
Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), Ruth Bolister (oboe), Robert Plane (clarinet)
Finzi Quartet
Finzi’s early song cycle sets poetry by Hardy, and baritone Marcus Farnsworth catches evocatively its preoccupation with themes of mortality —
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